diff --git a/app/admin/forms.py b/app/admin/forms.py
index c371616c..e28188be 100644
--- a/app/admin/forms.py
+++ b/app/admin/forms.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class SiteProfileForm(FlaskForm):
     ])
     sidebar = TextAreaField(_l('Sidebar'))
     about = TextAreaField(_l('About'))
+    announcement = TextAreaField(_l('Announcement at top of home page'))
     legal_information = TextAreaField(_l('Legal information'))
     contact_email = EmailField(_l('General instance contact email address'), validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=5, max=255)])
     submit = SubmitField(_l('Save'))
diff --git a/app/admin/routes.py b/app/admin/routes.py
index 3f5171c3..3487b351 100644
--- a/app/admin/routes.py
+++ b/app/admin/routes.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def admin_site():
         if site.id is None:
             db.session.add(site)
         db.session.commit()
+        set_setting('announcement', form.announcement.data)
         flash('Settings saved.')
     elif request.method == 'GET':
         form.name.data = site.name
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def admin_site():
         form.sidebar.data = site.sidebar
         form.legal_information.data = site.legal_information
         form.contact_email.data = site.contact_email
+        form.announcement.data = get_setting('announcement', '')
     return render_template('admin/site.html', title=_('Site profile'), form=form,
                            moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
                            joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
diff --git a/app/main/routes.py b/app/main/routes.py
index 2fa6943a..d5d669b9 100644
--- a/app/main/routes.py
+++ b/app/main/routes.py
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ def home_page(type, sort):
                            title=f"{g.site.name} - {g.site.description}",
                            description=shorten_string(markdown_to_text(g.site.sidebar), 150),
                            content_filters=content_filters, type=type, sort=sort,
+                           announcement=allowlist_html(get_setting('announcement', '')),
                            moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
                            joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
                            menu_topics=menu_topics(), site=g.site,
diff --git a/app/static/styles.css b/app/static/styles.css
index 71aabe5b..4eba6167 100644
--- a/app/static/styles.css
+++ b/app/static/styles.css
@@ -795,6 +795,20 @@ div.navbar {
   display: inline-block;
 }
 
+#home_announcement {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  color: var(--bs-card-cap-color);
+  background-color: rgba(var(--bs-body-color-rgb), 0.03);
+  border-bottom: var(--bs-border-width) solid var(--bs-border-color-translucent);
+  margin-top: -8px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+  margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * -0.5);
+  margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * -0.5);
+}
+#home_announcement p {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
 /* high contrast */
 @media (prefers-contrast: more) {
   :root {
diff --git a/app/static/styles.scss b/app/static/styles.scss
index 158a72c0..051bf930 100644
--- a/app/static/styles.scss
+++ b/app/static/styles.scss
@@ -384,6 +384,21 @@ div.navbar {
   }
 }
 
+#home_announcement {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  color: var(--bs-card-cap-color);
+  background-color: rgba(var(--bs-body-color-rgb), 0.03);
+  border-bottom: var(--bs-border-width) solid var(--bs-border-color-translucent);
+  margin-top: -8px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+  margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * -.5);
+  margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) * -.5);
+
+  p {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 
 /* high contrast */
 @media (prefers-contrast: more) {
diff --git a/app/templates/admin/site.html b/app/templates/admin/site.html
index c8a62dac..e2841815 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin/site.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin/site.html
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
             {{ render_field(form.description) }}
             {{ render_field(form.sidebar) }}
             <p class="small field_hint">HTML is allowed in this field.</p>
+            {{ render_field(form.announcement) }}
+            <p class="small field_hint">HTML is allowed in this field.</p>
             {{ render_field(form.icon) }}
 
             <h2>{{ _('About this instance') }}</h2>
diff --git a/app/templates/index.html b/app/templates/index.html
index c6908855..23b326b6 100644
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 {% block app_content %}
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-12 col-md-8 position-relative main_pane">
+        {% if announcement -%}
+            <div id="home_announcement">{{ announcement|safe }}</div>
+        {% endif -%}
         {% include "_home_nav.html" %}
         <div class="post_list">
             {% for post in posts.items -%}
diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 0cc1d940..3376e228 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ def user_access(permission: str, user_id: int) -> bool:
 
 @cache.memoize(timeout=10)
 def community_membership(user: User, community: Community) -> int:
-    # @cache.memoize works with User.subscribed but cache.delete_memoized does not, making it bad to use on class methods.
-    # however cache.memoize and cache.delete_memoized works fine with normal functions
     if community is None:
         return False
     return user.subscribed(community.id)